Muineachán

Irish

Etymology

From muine (“thicket”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠɪnʲəˈxɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɪnʲəxɑːnˠ/, /ˈmˠɪnʲəxɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɪnʲaxanˠ/, /ˈmˠɪnʲaxan̪ˠ/

Proper noun

Muineachán m (genitive Muineacháin)

  1. Monaghan (the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland)
  2. Monaghan (a county of Ireland)
    Synonym: Contae Mhuineacháin

Declension

Declension of Muineachán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Muineachán
vocative a Mhuineacháin
genitive Muineacháin
dative Muineachán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Muineachán
genitive an Mhuineacháin
dative leis an Muineachán
don Mhuineachán

Mutation

Mutated forms of Muineachán
radical lenition eclipsis
Muineachán Mhuineachán not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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